Mars retrograde 1960

1 period, 41 days inside the year — 11.3% of 1960. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

77 days · retreats 18.67° · crosses the year boundary

20 November → 6 February 1961 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 20 Nov 1960, 17:58 UTC at 19.21° Cancer
Stations direct 6 Feb 1961, 02:48 UTC at 0.55° Cancer
Shadow opens 21 Sep 1960 (61 days before)
Shadow closes 12 Apr 1961 (66 days after)
Full window including shadows 204 days

Read against Cancer, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1960

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1958 Ended 20 December 1958 after 71 days, moving back 15.96° through the zodiac.

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1961 Begins 22 November 1960 and runs 76 days.

Gap across 1960

1.9 years between the two — long enough for a whole calendar year to fall inside it with nothing to report.

Both dates are computed from the planet’s apparent motion, not taken from a table. A retrograde begins the moment its daily movement against the stars turns negative, and that moment is findable to the hour.

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